Meet the Waffle of the Future

Briefly: Here are two pieces of news you can use. One, there’s a website called Quirky, which aims to be the real, three-dimensional product equivalent of the T-shirt company called Threadless. In a nutshell: If enough people vote for or preorder a thing (a T-shirt in the case of Threadless; just about anything in the case of Quirky), they actually make the thing and sell it. Products for sale or in development include a petal-themed rainwater-collecting bottle accessory, a water bottle that can hold two different liquids, and an awesome-looking yogurt incubator.